Lunar Site Operations Lead – Facilities & Integration

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability coverage

401(k) matching

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks an experienced leader to oversee facility operations at Lunar Manufacturing sites in Merritt Island, FL. You will guide decision‑making across complex scenarios and work with Facilities, Risk Management, and Operations leaders to mitigate risks and coordinate changes affecting flight hardware and site infrastructure.

The role requires extensive program management experience, PMP/EVMS credentials, and exceptional communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, engineering preferred.
• 8 years of program management/operational experience.
• PMP certification and EVMS experience.
• Excellent communication skills: verbal, written, data.
• Ability to balance technical, business and organizational influences.
• Demonstrated history of independent work, foreseeing problems, delivering on commitments and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage facility operations at Lunar Manufacturing facilities.
• Aid the Operations team in facilitating effective decision‑making on complicated scenarios that will have a major effect on the organization.
• Collaborate with Facilities, Risk Management, and Operations leadership to improve responses for facilities related risk mitigation including hurricane response plan, protections for flight hardware, and facilities impacts for equipment install, hardware and equipment relocation, and hardware transport.
• Collaboratively responsible for effective, efficient, focused, and adaptive decision‑making in a high‑velocity, intense aerospace environment.
• Ensure information is appropriately gathered, organized, rendered, and presented to maximize decision speed; ensure decisions are executed as intended; manage the capture, assignment, tracking, implementation, and institutionalization of actions.
• Maintain and manage strategic and tactical topical priorities; act as integrator connecting work streams that would otherwise remain siloed; manage the communication cadence and collaboratively develop content with the Operations VP and Rocket Park Leadership Team.
• Lead change management activities for site facilities to evaluate, coordinate, and approve new requirements or changes.

Skills

Project management

Attention to detail

People skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree, engineering preferred

Job description

Blue Origin seeks an experienced leader to oversee facility operations at Lunar Manufacturing sites in Merritt Island, FL. You will guide decision‑making across complex scenarios and work with Facilities, Risk Management, and Operations leaders to mitigate risks and coordinate changes affecting flight hardware and site infrastructure.

The role requires extensive program management experience, PMP/EVMS credentials, and exceptional communication.